Pender County has joined a class action suit against 3M Company. 3M agreed to pay a settlement of up to $10.3 billion to resolve lawsuits over the contamination of drinking water systems.
Cape Fear Public Utility Authority is planning to participate as a class member in 3M’s proposed settlement with U.S. public water systems affected by PFAS contamination.
Chemours is expanding sampling for PFAS contamination in private drinking water wells in New Hanover, Brunswick, Columbus, and Pender counties, following the Department of Environmental Quality's direction.
The United Nations recognized the PFAS contamination crisis occurring in the Lower Cape Fear Region as a violation of international human rights law.
Cape Fear Public Utility Authority wants state officials to more closely examine PFAS chemicals.
As part of the 2023 National Association of Counties Conference held July 21-24 in Austin, Texas, members of the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners presented a policy resolution to support the enforcement of PFAS regulations and legislation for clean drinking water.
PFAS contaminated drinking water is something that CFPUA has been fighting for six years as of tomorrow. And now, it appears the agency is not included in this latest agreement.
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The National Primary Drinking Water Regulation would establish legally enforceable levels for six PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, in drinking water.
The NC Department of Environmental Quality paid a visit to the Cape Fear Area on Tuesday evening to share an update on the private well testing for PFAS contamination.
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality will hold a community information meeting on February 28th in Pender County.
A judge heard arguments from the EPA, Cape Fear River Watch, the Center For Environmental Health, Clean Cape Fear, and Toxic Free NC, but did not make a decision on the case today.
Cape Fear River Watch hosted a meeting on Wednesday night to share the results of a study monitoring PFAS levels in people's blood at Cape Fear Community College's Union Station.
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality came to Columbus County on Tuesday night to talk about PFAS and well sampling.
The most recent test results, from treated drinking water sampled November 1st, detected no PFAS in 64 of 65 PFAS analyzed by CFPUA’s contracted laboratory.
One day after the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority, Chemours, and North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality signed an agreement to have Chemours continue working to reduce the amount of forever chemicals in the cape fear river, many are asking what this latest agreement means when it comes to our water quality.
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality hosted a public information session about private well sampling for PFAS contamination in the Cape Fear area in Wilmington on Tuesday evening.
All water being distributed to customers from the Sweeney Water Treatment plant is 100% PFAS and Gen X free.
Every drop of water leaving the Sweeney Plant is now being treated by the new GAC filters, according to CFPUA.
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is hosting a community information meeting on October 11th to answer questions about PFAS contamination in the Cape Fear.
Although eight filters are scheduled to arrive, CFPUA says based on projected drinking water demands, only four of the eight filters need to be online to provide effective PFAS treatment – to a standard where, for example, levels of GenX are at or near non-detection.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released four drinking water health advisories for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and announced $1 billion in grant funding to address PFAS and other emerging contaminants in drinking water.
Governor Roy Cooper visited Wilmington on Tuesday, with it being five years since the Cape Fear learned of the chemical Gen-X in area waters.